ENCYCLIUM. (Hymenocuma) (15 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
* 42. E. Ovulum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1843, misc. 71. 
Ei. pseudobulbis oviformibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus canali- 
culatis acutis, scapo filiformi foliis pauld ‘longiore 3-floro, sepalis 
linearibus 3-veniis, petalis angustioribus spathulatis, labelli tri- 
lobi lobis lateralibus nanis acutis intermedio dilatato rotundato 
venis radiantibus glandulosis variegato, column tridentate 
dentibus lateralibus rotundatis denticulatis 
Wild in Mexico; near Bolance—“Loddeeg (v. v. ©.) 
In habit resembling = dahon or aciculare. | _ The sepals and petals are 
ip wh imson glandular 
olive-green ; the 
radiating veins. 
* 43, E. bractescens. Lindley i was — Reg. 1840, mise. 122. 
4-phyllis, foliis linearibus, 
scapo debili sane see afm foliaceis floribus longioribus 
supremis obsoletis, floribus nutantibus longé pedunculatis, sepalis 
petalisque lineari- lanceolatis acuminatis discoloribus labello longi- 
oribus, labelli liberi lobis lateralibus apice recurvis obtusis sub- 
dentatis intermedio unguiculato subrotundo-ovato multd longiore 
secus unguem elevato sulcato pubescente. 
Wild in Mexico ; near Oaxaca—Hartweg, (v. v. ¢.) 
One of the prettiest of the small | species. Pseudobulbs exactly be sloeely 
clustered owers scent] a beauti 
—: bat: milo seg painted white lip, the gay effect of which is Sdoemucen by 
the the dingy purple of the long narrow sepals and petals. 
E. aciculare. Bateman, in Bot. Reg. 1841, misc. 98. 
E peendobalis oblongis diphyllis, foliis lnearibus canalicu- 
simpliei : 
latis acutis racem e 
fancontiss serials acutis bi laball lacie lacintis lateralibus nanis ascen- 
dentibus linearibus obtusis apice recurvis intermedia ovato-oblongé 
subundulata apiculata. 
E, esculentum. Hort - Kew., in hb. Hooker. 
E. pcgomaoter Hooker, nm Bot. rig t. 4572. 
in the Banamas—Skinner; Mexico, near Oaxaca— 
“Gates 39, (v. v. ¢. et 8. sp. comm. cel. Galeotti i.) 
A little species, with long narrow leaves, a slender erect raceme of six or 
seven flowers, whose sepals and petals are dull purple, and lip white, enlivened 
* 45, E. pictum. Lindley, in Bot. Reg. 1838, mise. 48. 
E. pseudobulbosum, foliis ligulatis coriaceis is obtuss dorso 
rotundatis, racemo erecto paniculato, sepalis petalisque obovato- 
linearibus subzequalibus, labelli trilobi liberi ees lateralibus 
linearibus acutiusculis subfalcatis columnam amplexantibus sinu- 
bus plicatis intermedio ovali acuto crispo multd brevioribus, 
disci venis elevatis. 
